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Backlash

Spell

Backlash

Fire

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Instant castLong Range

Deals Fire damage to nearby enemies, knocking them back.

Backlash

Tooltip

Deals Fire damage to nearby enemies, knocking them back.

How it works

Backlash is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 21. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Instakill (effect type 1). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Backlash is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius and kills the target outright in a 5 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 21
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 150
Misc value: 150
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #3Instakill (1)
Value: 1
Radius: 5 yards

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Backlash". This page is record #87751. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#37537school: Physical; effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51439duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69770difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: Arcane; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#225778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#229528effect types: noneA different effect setup
#247778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#247816effect types: noneA different effect setup
#387384used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner
#387385used by: Cast by Backlash; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#1245624effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1266001journal encounter: L'ura; effect types: noneA different caster
#1266002effect types: noneA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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